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ODE: SADNESS, by                    
First Line: The sun is ever full and bright
Last Line: O sun, to thee.
Alternate Author Name(s): Chung-ni; K'ung Ch'iu


The sun is ever full and bright,
The pale moon waneth night by night.
Why should this be?

My heart that once was full of light
Is but a dying moon to-night.

But when I dream of thee apart,
I would the dawn might lift my heart,
O sun, to thee.






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